United States

Trump stranglehold adds to growing doubts at climate talks

Friday - Nearly 200 nations will soon gather for the annual COP29 summit, where efforts to increase funding for poor countries and slash emissions will run against the reality of a hostile American president.

‘Drill, baby, drill’: What Trump’s victory could mean for the future, according to climate experts

Thursday - Trump's victory could be a 'major blow' for global climate action but experts say it may not slow the roll of the green transition.

Why didn’t climate change come up more in the presidential campaign?

Thursday - Climate change has dangerously supercharged fires, hurricanes, floods and heat waves. Why didn’t it come up more in the presidential campaign?

‘The world is watching’: Why US election result could dictate global progress on climate action

Wednesday - The US presidential election comes just days ahead of the world’s most important climate negotiations at COP29. Experts say the outcome will have a profound impact on the US’ leadership role at the talks, and beyond.

Legal experts say Trump could quit Paris pact – but leaving UNFCCC much harder

Wednesday - As the US Senate approved the US joining the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, it’s unclear if a president could easily pull the country out.

The US election’s climate choice

Tuesday - There are many clear choices at stake in the US Presidential election. One of the starkest is climate.

Climate-fuelled extreme weather is hiking up car insurance rates

4 Nov 24 - Home insurers have raised premiums after extreme weather events. Now car insurers in the U.S. are doing the same thing.

The case for Kamala Harris in a burning world

1 Nov 24 - By Jeff Goodell | COMMENT: The race between Harris and Trump is not about saving the planet. It’s about saving ourselves.

California's schools are embracing vegan meals

1 Nov 24 - How have plant-based lunches spread so successfully? Credit environmentally conscious students — and a handful of state funding programmes.

Microsoft clinches ocean-based carbon removal deal

31 Oct 24 - The tech giant will contract an initial 1,333 tons of carbon dioxide removal from Ebb Carbon, with options to purchase up to 350,000 tons of removal over 10 years.

Trump megadonor’s plan to change US democracy

31 Oct 24 - A Texas fracking billionaire wants to rewrite the US Constitution to advance climate denial and other extreme far-right priorities.

United States: 'Worrying confluence' of flood risk, social vulnerability and climate change denial

25 Oct 24 - In certain parts of the United States, especially Appalachia, New England and the Northwest, the ability of residents to prepare for and respond to flooding is being undercut on three different...

US disaster loan program exhausts funds after Hurricane Helene

24 Oct 24 - The U.S. Small Business Administration said on Tuesday it has exhausted funds for its disaster loan program following increased demand from Hurricane Helene, with the U.S. Congress being in recess.

American university requires students to take a class on climate change

24 Oct 24 - To better prepare students for a future shaped by climate change, University of California, San Diego is requiring students to take at least one course relating to climate change in order to meet...

Public EV chargers are good for business as well as the planet

23 Oct 24 - Research shows that businesses with charging stations nearby see an economic boost.

Where there’s smoke: the rising death toll from climate-charged fire in the landscape

23 Oct 24 - Now, new international research has linked the warming climate to some of the deaths from exposure to fire smoke in large parts of the world.

New York officials call for big oil to be prosecuted for fueling climate disasters

21 Oct 24 - Oil majors’ conduct can constitute reckless endangerment due to fossil fuels’ effect on global heating, advocates claim.

Political candidates who fight climate change stand to benefit in election

21 Oct 24 - A majority of Floridians expressed support for political candidates who fight climate change in a new Florida Atlantic University survey.

Why might people believe in human-made hurricanes? Two conspiracy theory psychologists explain

21 Oct 24 - While most people turned to meteorologists for explanations during Florida's recent hurricanes, a vocal minority remained sceptical, proposing that the hurricanes were engineered, that Florida’s...